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Metal Detecting for Gold
Gold prospecting in Queensland
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<blockquote data-quote="Grey Panner" data-source="post: 666897" data-attributes="member: 15464"><p>The Dairy Maid Diggings south of Georgetown used to be good for panning. On two occasions we were permitted to camp and pan in a dry creek bed between the boundary fence and the roadway. We were not permitted to enter the property proper nor, understandably, light fires except on clear gravel in the creek bed.</p><p>There was a well from which adequate supplies of water could be obtained to permit panning in babies' baths. We also tried winnowing with good results.</p><p>There was also a patch that had been scraped and dry blown on which a metal detecting mate scored twelve slugs of gold about the size of wheat grains.</p><p>When we requested permission to pan there on a third occasion we were told that the area was no longer available because of over use. </p><p>Apparently it was not unusual for the grazier's dinner to be interrupted up to seventeen times a sitting by people wanting to fossick on his property.</p><p>The last time we visited Georgetown you could purchase a Fossicking Permit permitting access to State Forests and specified private property and were restricted to those specified areas in an attempt to limit hassle for land owners. It was not possible to select the areas you wanted to work, you had to </p><p>take what was offered.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Grey Panner, post: 666897, member: 15464"] The Dairy Maid Diggings south of Georgetown used to be good for panning. On two occasions we were permitted to camp and pan in a dry creek bed between the boundary fence and the roadway. We were not permitted to enter the property proper nor, understandably, light fires except on clear gravel in the creek bed. There was a well from which adequate supplies of water could be obtained to permit panning in babies' baths. We also tried winnowing with good results. There was also a patch that had been scraped and dry blown on which a metal detecting mate scored twelve slugs of gold about the size of wheat grains. When we requested permission to pan there on a third occasion we were told that the area was no longer available because of over use. Apparently it was not unusual for the grazier's dinner to be interrupted up to seventeen times a sitting by people wanting to fossick on his property. The last time we visited Georgetown you could purchase a Fossicking Permit permitting access to State Forests and specified private property and were restricted to those specified areas in an attempt to limit hassle for land owners. It was not possible to select the areas you wanted to work, you had to take what was offered. [/QUOTE]
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